Things to Do in Cyprus

Kyriazis Medical Museum

The Kyriazis Medical Museum in Larnaca, Cyprus was established in 2011. It displays medical items, books, and framed documents relating to the practice of Cypriot medicine and the history of medicine in Cyprus, from antiquity to the 20th century.

Kyrenia Castle

Kyrenia Castle (Greek: Κάστρο της Κερύνειας Turkish: Girne Kalesi), at the east end of the old harbour in Kyrenia is a 16th-century castle built by the Venetians over a previous Crusader fortification.

Shipwreck museum

The Kyrenia ship is the wreck of a 4th-century BC ancient Greek merchant ship. It was discovered by Greek-Cypriot diving instructor Andreas Cariolou in November 1965 during a storm.

Tamassos

Tamassos (Greek: Ταμασσός) or Tamasos (Greek: Τἀμασος) – names Latinized as Tamassus or Tamasus – was a city-kingdom in ancient Cyprus, one of the 10 Kingdoms of Cyprus.

Ayia Varvara

Agia Varvara (Greek: Αγία Βαρβάρα) is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus. Agia is the Greek word for "Saint" .The village is named after Saint Varvara or Saint Barbara. The village is located 22 km south from Nicosia and is at an altitude of 311 meters.

Sourp Magar Armenian Monastery

Sourp Magar (Armenian: Սուրբ Մակար or Magaravank, Մակարավանք) is an Armenian monastery located in a forested valley in the Pentadaktylos range in Cyprus. It is de facto located in Northern Cyprus.

Kyrenia Gate

The Kyrenia Gate, (Greek: Πύλη της Κερύνειας, Turkish: Girne Kapısı, historically known in Italian as Porta del Proveditore) is a gate in the Nicosia walls, in North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus.

Arab Ahmet Mosque

Arab Ahmet Mosque (Turkish: Arabahmet Camii) is situated in the western Arab Ahmet Quarter of North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. It was built in the late 16th century. The Mosque is named after a commander of the 1571 Ottoman army.

Cyprus Museum

The Cyprus Museum (also known as the Cyprus Archaeological Museum) is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus.The museum houses artifacts discovered during numerous excavations on the island.

Agios Ioannis Lambadistis

Idalion

Idalion or Idalium (Greek: Ιδάλιον, Idalion) was an ancient city in Cyprus, in modern Dali, Nicosia District. The city was founded on the copper trade in the 3rd millennium BC.

Saint Hilarion Castle

The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range, in Cyprus. This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia. It is the best preserved ruin of the three former strongholds in the Kyrenia mountains, the other two being Kantara and Buffavento.

Bellapais

Bellapais Abbey (also spelled Bellapaïs) is the ruin of a monastery built by Canons Regular in the 13th century on the northern side of the small village of Bellapais, now in Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus, about five kilometres from the town of Kyrenia.

Dervish Pasha Mansion

Dervish Pasha Mansion (Turkish: Derviş Paşa Konağı) is a historical mansion and ethnographic museum in the Arab Ahmet quarter of Nicosia, currently located in North Nicosia. It lies on the Beliğ Paşa Street and has two floors.

Church of the Holy Cross

The Church of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic parish located in the city of Nicosia in Cyprus.The first church dedicated to the Holy Cross was built in 1642 and operated continuously until the late nineteenth century.

Sarayönü Mosque

Sarayönü Mosque (Turkish: Sarayönü Camii), also known as the Mosque of the Serai, is a mosque in the walled city of Nicosia, Cyprus, currently located in North Nicosia. It is very close to the Sarayönü Square and has historically been on the square.

Armenian Church

Notre Dame de Tyre or Our Lady of Tyre (Armenian: Հայկական Սուրբ Աստուածածին եկեղեցի), or simply as Armenian church (Turkish: Ermeni Kilisesi) is a monastic church in Nicosia, Cyprus.

A.G Leventis Gallery

The Leventis Gallery is an art gallery in Nicosia, Cyprus. Opened in 2014, it houses a collection of over 800 paintings from Cypriot, Greek and European artists.

Kumarcilar Han

Kumarcilar Han (Gambler's Inn) is a caravansarai located in North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. It is unknown when exactly it was built, however it is thought to be built around the end of the 17th century, is much smaller and modest when compared with Büyük Han (Great Inn).

New Mosque

The New Mosque (Turkish: Yeni Cami) is a mosque in the northern part of Nicosia. The quarter of Yeni Jami, in which it is situated, is named after the mosque.

Old Nicosia aqueduct

Nicosia old aqueduct is located in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus and is the oldest aqueduct in Cyprus. It is located close to Eleftheria (Liberty) Monument in Nicosia.

Alanya

Alanya ( (listen); Turkish pronunciation: [aˈɫanja]), formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city and a district of Antalya Province on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's Mediterranean Region, 133 kilometres (83 mi) east of the city of Antalya.

Kings Tomb 8

The Tombs of the Kings (Greek: Τάφοι των Βασιλέων [ˈtafi ton vasiˈleon], Turkish: Kral Mezarları) is a large necropolis lying about two kilometres north of Paphos harbour in Cyprus. In 1980, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Paphos and Kouklia.

Sanctuary of Aphrodite

The Sanctuary of Aphrodite Paphia was a sanctuary in ancient Paphos on Cyprus dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite. Located where the legendary birth of Aphrodite took place, it has been referred to as the main sanctuary of Aphrodite, and was a place of pilgrimages in the ancient world for centuries.

Larnaca Salt lake

Larnaca Salt Lake (Greek: Αλυκή Λάρνακας, Turkish: Larnaka Tuz Gölü) is a complex network of four salt lakes (3 of them interconnected) of different sizes to the west of the city of Larnaca. The largest is lake Aliki, followed by lake Orphani, lake Soros and lake Spiro.

Painted Churches in the Troödos Region

The Painted Churches in the Troödos Region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Troödos Mountains of central Cyprus. The complex comprises ten Byzantine churches and monasteries richly decorated with Byzantine and post-Byzantine murals:Initially nine of these churches were designated by UNESCO i…

Fikardou

Fikardou (Greek: Φυκάρδου) is an old settlement that has retained its traditional medieval characteristics. It is situated on the south eastern slopes of the Troodos Mountains, approximately 40 km southwest of Nicosia. The village today is almost deserted.

Klirou

Klirou (Greek: Kλήρου, Turkish: Kliru) is a Historic Mining District and covers an area of 18.7 square kilometers. Surrounding villages may call it "pork's head" or "Η κκελλέ του σιήρου" in Greek.

Malounta

Malounta (Greek: Μαλούντα) is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located 2 km north of Klirou.

Omeriye Mosque

Ömeriye Mosque (Greek: Τέμενος Ομεριέ Temenos Omerié, Turkish: Ömeriye Camii), is a mosque in the walled city of Nicosia on the island of Cyprus, currently located in the south section of Nicosia.

Bayraktar Mosque

Bayraktar Mosque (Greek: Τέμενος Μπαϊρακτάρ Témenos Mpairaktár) is a mosque in Nicosia, Cyprus, currently placed in the southern sector of the city administered by the Republic of Cyprus.

Agios Ioannis

The Cathedral of St. John the Theologian is the main church of the Church of Cyprus. It is located in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus.The church was built in the fourteenth century at the site of Benedictine Abbey of St. John the Theologian that had been founded by the House of Lusignan.

Archbishop's Palace

Archbishop's Palace (Greek: Αρχιεπισκοπικό Μέγαρο, Turkish: Başpiskoposluk Sarayı) is the official residence and office of the archbishop of Cyprus located in Nicosia.

House of Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios

The Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios Mansion is situated near the Archbishopric, in the neighbourhood of Saint Antonios in Nicosia, Cyprus, where the wealthy notables of the Greek community traditionally used to live.The mansion is the most important example of urban architecture of the last century of Otto…

Mathiatis

Mathiatis (Greek: Μαθιάτης [locally [maˈθcatis]]; Turkish: Matiyat) is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus. Before 1960, it had a mixed Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot population.